How to Make Small Talk in Italian | Easy Italian 28

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Host: Katie Harris
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[@normaldude8320]

*Other people:* Speaking with a moderate pace, yeah with subtitles I could probably keep up with this *Italian lady at **1:06* LET ME LOAD UP MY ITALIAN MACHINE GUN REAL QUICK

[@edwardmao9792]

the only one who speaks italian like spanish xddd

[@kellenlincoln2052]

you prolly dont care but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost the account password. I love any help you can offer me

[@merrickgustavo6502]

@Kellen Lincoln instablaster =)

[@fabriziogargiulo2444]

Faccio le scale, fa bene.

[@user-vy2vz6qv6e]

È vero

[@lifenature5463]

@@user-vy2vz6qv6e Ach'io faccio sempre le scale, a meno di essere in compagnia di qualcuno che vuole prendere l'ascensore anche per andare al primo piano.

[@frankpastrana602]

La pancia non si toglie da sola.

[@giuseppesegreto6587]

Bravo, io ho la fobia dell'ascensore quindi prendo sempre le scale

[@jamesr1703]

In Germany You: Guten Tag. Them: Guten Tag.

[@t.a6159]

Italian language is so melodious...love it

[@malikaabizar8318]

I am Algerian north African I did a dna test and I am partly italian at 4 percent I am learning this pretty language besides French. Long live our Mediterranean brothers long live roman empire long live Romans italians I love ❤️ 😍 you so much.

[@alireza_dashte_bashi]

Sono molto interessato ad imparare l'italiano e sto imparando questa lingua da un po' di tempo l'italiano è davvero dolce e piacevole. Saluti dall'Iran ⁦🇮🇷⁩💟🇮🇹

[@arrystophanes7909]

I usually say, 'this is like being back in that prison cell'

[@massimilianoaldini2114]

omg I'm laughing by myself for at least 2 minutes

[@guilleacq]

I will use this, thank you

[@lev1anus]

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH XD

[@paddyj7690]

I'll remember that for next time :-) Thanks stranger.

[@gabrielepesacane5430]

00:48 I opened the video as I saw this person on the thumbnail, I know him in real life and I didn't know he was on an Easy Italian video. Such a big coincidence, the world is so little 🤣🤣

[@EasyItalian]

Wow, it is really small indeed! 😀

[@Jerry113]

*social anxiety intensifies*

[@tanisroelofs9196]

Che carina coppia nell'ascensore, hanno fatto un buon lavoro a evitare silenzi imbarazzanti!

[@MrSupernova111]

This is a really cool way to learn Italian! I'm going to watch the beginner videos and see how it goes. I'm been studying for about a month now. Let's see how much I've learned!

[@EasyItalian]

Hi supernova, let us know how it is going and what you find useful more as a beginner :) it's always very interesting and useful for us producers. Thanks 😁😁😁

[@patz7492]

Sono quel tipo di persone a cui piacce fare i complimenti molto casuale. Por esempio, bella giacca e cose del genere.

[@filipporubino4163]

Ah, my city Torino!! Anyway, you should make the same video in the far south of Italy, like Palermo or something, to get a very different take on the subject! VERY different!

[@leonardocastelli6333]

Pota guarda che costa fare un viaggio per un video che fa al massimo 50k views

[@thomassiegler9898]

@@ingathomas6653 di Napoli

[@tinalettieri]

When I spent 3 months in Catania, I actually fell the first night in my flat, don't know how. I gave myself a black eye. I went to the Pescheria to buy food and the first thing the veggie guy said to me is, "What happened, your husband didn't do that did he?" I told him I didn't have a husband and that I fell in a freak accident. He was visibly relieved. This from a total stranger who was concerned for my safety and NO, HE WAS NOT HITTING ON ME!

[@timmaloney6441]

@@ingathomas6653 credo che gia' hanno fato .

[@malikaabizar8318]

Long live italia from algeria north African Mediterranean sister roman empire because algeria was a roman province long life roman empire

[@user_YTB_98543]

What a beautiful langage

[@htfcm]

I say nothing. I'm very much a fan of how the Finnish deal with social customs.

[@davideserto3535]

Hahahahah

[@ravenpaw3383]

Great video. You should make a video asking people about their favorite music

[@jamesr1703]

I guess that I pass for Italian, because when I was in Italy, several strangers would rattle off paragraphs in Italian and then pause waiting for me to respond. Awkward !!! I don't speak Italian...which is why I am watching this channel. Grazie mille!

[@ireneseverova2369]

James R me too😅

[@carolaalmendra1289]

Excellent video just like Easy French, thanks 🐾🐈💚

[@emilywilhite5807]

Mi piace fare i complimenti. Mi piace la tua camicia. Che belle scarpe ecc...

[@joang.6664]

Very similar to Canadian culture in this respect.. I found most answers in this video being culturally neutral or universal.. We are all same as human race just different languages.. And different food.. 😁😂

[@stefanocunietti5643]

Russell Richards a Torino ci sono persone del sud e del nord nello stesso numero

[@davideserto3535]

Remember that u are watching North Italy that is different from center and south Italy

[@davideserto3535]

@Russell Richards vero

[@giacomodellavalle2600]

Russell Richards that doesn’t mean that they are not Italian, it’s just that yes people from the south and from the north can be really different

[@susansparanormalpennsylvan81]

i am from usa, in california there are alot of people and it is more impersonal so we ignore each other, moved to east coast in pennsylvania, people here talk alot more, random people will start talking to you in the line at the store, park, etc.. also the ask more questions here in pennsylvania, sometimes too personal, why did you move here, where do you work, where do you live, who do you know, etc.. i have been to italy and i liked the food. where i lived in san jose, calif, we had mediterranean weather like italy, hot and dry in summer, cool and rainy in winter, my city had a heavy mexican influence, i speak spanish, so i under italian a little bit.

[@vladdik7063]

Thanks for videos

[@arabianlayla1564]

For me it’s depend in my mood . If my mood is fine that day it will be the worst day to all the people who are around me & If My mood is down it’s will be soft day to all I’m gonna meet .

[@MrDrinver]

You are so funny in those little elevator acts!;) Grazie per questo video!

[@helensohyunpark8579]

Loved elevator scene:) Mi molto piacciono "Che caldo" nell'ascensore. hahaha>

[@ROHAN-hr1bl]

Hi

[@ROHAN-hr1bl]

Am I tired of talking to you?

[@sandypark7776]

Grazie!

[@vincenzogattola1244]

Si sottovaluta il Covid. In ascensore ma praticamente dappertutto parlare di pandemia è diventato in Italia un eccezionale strumento per iniziare una conversazione. Funziona sempre e dappertutto ed ha aperto nuovi orizzonti per (senza usare inutili perifrasi) rimorchiare. Peccato, per l'età e per la moglie pericolosa, io non possa sfruttarlo appieno😁😉

[@melikanazari5479]

Molto buono ✌

[@goukeban6197]

"Have you heard of the High Elves?"

[@EasyItalian]

That would be great :) In italian would be: hai mai sentito parlare degli elfi alti?

[@goukeban6197]

@@EasyItalian LOL

[@RobertKaucher]

Alti Elfi, un elfo alto è un elfo di, non lo so, 185 cm...

[@micheledigiorgio2157]

Goukeban i see you are a man of culture as well.

[@silveroaky]

As a non Italian I turned it up to 0.5× 🌝

[@monicaandreaurdaneta1867]

jajajajajajaja! "che caldo!" ....Matteo e divertente

[@jculley22]

ho appena scoperto i vostri video, e mi piacciono molto, ma prima mi inscrivo sul Patreon vorrei sapere piu dello "interactive grammar bank", magari vedere un esempio. mille Grazie

[@evertonoliveira7568]

I say nothing if I'm among complete strangers in the elevator, I just smile at them, since the time we're there is really short.

[@gi1937]

I would say that the majority of times we just don't talk. I'm personally quite comfortable in awkward silence

[@Mia-de8xf]

Che teneri nell'ascensore :)

[@discoverearth4298]

Ciao a tutti, io sono Sanjay kumar.Piacere di conoscerti guysss

[@titteryenot4524]

I’m terrified of elevators. I’ve been taking steps to avoid them.

[@martinstudenteditaliano4338]

Che silenzio imbarazzante nell'ascensore dopo che Matteo ha detto "che caldo!" 🤣

[@ROHAN-hr1bl]

Am I tired of talking to you?

[@alejandrovizajuarez5548]

Torino

[@rahimabegum3949]

It's my city😉 turino

[@nowekant93]

Non so voi, ma io quando prendo l'ascensore con dei perfetti sconosciuti sto in assoluto silenzio, magari saluto quando esco dall'ascensore ma nulla di più

[@grobanite4ever85]

As an American I sometimes find it hard to start a conversation in awkward situations because of my autism and I have social anxiety disorder. I am always afraid of saying something weird or inappropriate and make people uncomfortable! Especially if I am in awkward situations! These types of social situations I have trouble with due to my autism! I have asperger's syndrome

[@tinalettieri]

I don't think in America you would dare give a compliment. It might be taken the wrong way that you noticed their person. Sad but getting more common.

[@pennypiper7382]

Marybeth. I understand 👍👍

[@janholland2224]

A bit of an eye-opener this one. I thought the Dutch were the only ones interested in talking about the weather. We rather specialize in boring each other on the multiple conditions of rain. Well, we used to, climate change has made the conversations somewhat dryer and more heated. So ... Italians don't talk about la dolce vita all the time ... I wouldn't have guessed without this clip ....

[@andresduques2013]

Really, climate change? Must be stressful to not be able to start a conversation with a common subject such as the weather, but I guess this is the direction we're heading towards, as sad as it might sound.

[@ab-lz2gh]

Che caldo!

[@elisabetiarossi9634]

👍

[@greatwinter]

Ma in ascensore, si deve iniziare a parlare prima o dopo aver scoreggiato?

[@user-vy2vz6qv6e]

puoi prima e dopo

[@berndbaumgarten7525]

invece di?

[@jaskatpon1]

I guess Italians are a bit like Americans. They love to make small talk. This is unlike south India where we prefer to be silent unless you know the person. If you know the person, we, South Indians would be loud and talkative. We don’t really make small talk with strangers.

[@grobanite4ever85]

I have problems doing small talk with strangers due to my autism! I become embarrassed

[@davideserto3535]

Depends north Italy is different from center and south italy

[@jaskatpon1]

Davide Serto could you please explain a bit more about the differences between north, central and south? Grazie

[@davideserto3535]

@@jaskatpon1 it's not always true because I don't want to generalize a population but the northerners are more closed, more organized(I mean In the tourism industry in general)because for example they don't have a beautiful sea but they have a lot of structure for youngs(for example the Club etc...) instead the southerners are opened, they tend to joke more even with tourist Etc.., they're always happy.

[@c.n.9579]

Lots of Indians are awkward, probably because they were colonized by the British.

[@carmineantoniocontese3099]

Questa cosa la dissi davvero, qualche anno fa ad una cena. Lei rise tantissimo - Signorina vista la situazione mi trovo costretto ad un approccio non convenzionale: poiché, per quanto ci provi, in questo momento non riesco a pensare ad un argomento decente per cominciare la nostra conversazione, non potrebbe suggerirmelo lei, così da evitare ad entrambi un minuto di imbarazzante silenzio? I really said this thing, a few years ago, at a dinner. She laughed a lot 🙂 - Miss, given the situation I find myself forced to an unconventional approach: since, no matter how hard I try, at this moment I can't think of a decent topic to start our conversation, she couldn't suggest it to me, so as to save both of us a minute of awkward silence?

[@fynnalexander.7540]

Sono Fynn ,e sono di Germania

[@EasyItalian]

Ciao Fynn, benvenuto nel canale 😁

[@stanbalo]

Meanwhile in Asia, we do not talk to strangers more so in elevators.

[@jaybonn5973]

Alright I'm noticing a pattern here. Qualcuna = Alguien, alguna, algun whichever queste = estos Qualcuna seems to find its way into a lot of Italian words

[@rickferraro9272]

Normalmente no ho preoccupazioni. La prima cosa fare e` dire “ciao”.

[@shaneguo7579]

Italian men are sooo cute 😭

[@xnoclassic8864]

Salut tout le monde Je viens juste de dire que votre chaîne m’aide énormément afin d’apprendre cette belle langue I want to to understand italien a conversation on some topics . I really enjoyed to learn it. Ps: Voglio qualcuno che mi aiuti a praticare la lingua. Grazie in anticipo

[@tinalettieri]

Merci beaucoup!

[@ROHAN-hr1bl]

Hi

[@ROHAN-hr1bl]

Am I tired of talking to you?

[@krzysztoflizon1244]

non mi chiedo mai cosa e se dovrei dire nell'ascensore, di solito tutte le conversazioni iniziano naturalmente, e il motivo puo essere molto semplice. ma non sono un tipo chi piace dire quando non viene chiesto.

[@shahsohailkhan5196]

Ciao sono shah sual gredo che I italia e vompo bela

[@donnagoode6923]

@3:45 "la prima cavolata che mi viene in mente" ... so cosa vuol dire!

[@Filmaniacs]

Mi fa ridere quel ragazzo con gli occhiali da sole che, quando gli viene chiesto quali domande lui potrebbe fare, risponde "Beh le solite domande, tipo -Cosa fai nella vita?-". A uno sconosciuto appena incontrato in ascensore chiederebbe "Cosa fai nella vita?": alla faccia dello small talk! Se l'ascensore è quella del palazzo dove vivo, faccio due chiacchiere con i condomini (che conosco tutti), e la prima domanda sarebbe naturalmente "Come va? Come stanno i ragazzi?". Se invece mi trovo su un ascensore casuale, magari in un grande magazzino o in hotel, opterei per un "Buongiorno" seguito da silenzio. Per evitare imbarazzi è meglio prendere l'ascensore successivo :-)

[@Amantducafe]

Una domanda. Perché lei (Letizia) ha detto "Niente, grazie a voi" e la traduzione dice "You are welcome, thanks to you"? Per me "Niente" sinigfica "nothing".

[@emilianothevoice4458]

"Niente" is an informal way of saying "Prego". It's a short form for "Di niente", which can be transalted as "No worries" or "Don't mention it".

[@joang.6664]

Same as "de rien" for the French..and" de nada" for the Spanish.. Means appr. "Thats nothing" or " no worries"

[@jalexsilva8162]

@@joang.6664 "de nada" it's the same in portuguese

[@joang.6664]

@@jalexsilva8162 Obrigado! 😁

[@otabektursunov8071]

Me just shut up 😀😀😀😀😀

[@michalbotor]

(7:02) come rendere una situazione imbarazzante ancora più imbarazzante? ;p

[@ireneseverova2369]

michał botor 🤣🔥

[@spideraxis]

Inglese o italiano, spesso io non so che a dire. E' perche' rimango in silenzio.

[@sandrog2117]

actually I think it would be awkward to try to chat with an stranger when both know it will only take just a minute or so to end.. so I have no problem on just nodding and keeping silent minding my own business after that.

[@titteryenot4524]

@7:15 Our two lovely presenters subscribe to the Matching Hypothesis theory of attraction. That is, we tend to look for partners whom we consider our equal in terms of attractiveness if we were to be rated objectively by others. I have noticed, only anecdotally, but it’s common enough to mention it, that nearly almost always the whole theory rests on the nose. For some reason, humans seek, as a rule, in a romantic other one with a similar nose to ours, whether one consciously knows (pun intended) or not. Ideally, people seem to seek, essentially, the male/female (assuming heterosexuality) version of oneself physically, or as close as, when seeking romantic partners. Of course, there are always exceptions to this; these usually prevail when strong other factors obtain to outpower, to coin a word, the basic law of attraction. Easy example, for UK-based people, of this would be: “But what first, Debbie, attracted you to the millionaire Paul Daniels?”; Debbie being a pert young thing and Paul resembling an old, wizened, bas*tard offspring of E.T. The nose has it, usually, when it comes to the Matching Hypothesis .

[@casomai]

boh...ma è solo a me che invece succede di attivare il romanzo a puntate con i miei vicini, che io so cosa fanno e loro mi chiedono della salute e del lavoro? Ma ' ndo c* vivete, in mezzo alla giungla urbana? a me hanno regalato persino un divano, parlando del più e del meno con la vicina... secondo me è perché la maggior parte sono studenti, se fermaste le persone più in là con l' età, saprebbero " vita morte e miracoli" delle persone ( sì anche questo è un modo di dire!).

[@zoemeow7677]

🐈‍⬛ Is feminist mindset is beautiful country for there beautiful women who they protect with loyalty, is saxobeat 💐💃💐🎷🎶✨💐💐💐🌺🌸🌹🌷💐💐💐

[@jaybonn5973]

As an ugly American. I don't even need to understand what they're saying to figure out who's Northern and who's southern.

[@antoniofuturatiani74]

Non a dico facile nei Italiano quel genere di cose. Io non capisco conugiato Italiano verbi tu vede. Loro fanno sembrare semplice. Gli conversazione sorta di come flussi. Va bene. Cos'è bene. Lo farò continuo a impariamo gli verbi. Continuarò ascoltando ad conversazioni da Italiani sul KZbin. Grazii. Cin cin. Vedeti. Antonio Futura Tiani Jacqi Luce Ancoats Miles Platting Nqtr Mcr UK.

[@Monkeymeep]

Whats weird about Italian is that as a Spanish speaker I can understand most of it spoken but written down it doesn’t make any sense to me. Portuguese is the opposite, very easy to read but difficult to understand spoken.

[@johniorio7951]

Wow!...they speak so fast!!!!!.....i dont know if I can ever speak like that!....i am learning from a book.....I can understand the book..........I cannot understand these young people!!!...no capisco!!!.........veloce!!!

[@tinalettieri]

Keep watching to videos, not just reading. My total immersion Hebrew teacher told us to "listen to the music" of the language. That, is inflection, tempo, rhythm as well as pronunciation. When you watch videos, and these are some of the best on KZbin, watch their mouths and then imitate the movement. It will help with pronunciation and the rest. It has nothing to do with age. I'm almost 76 and have excellent hearing for sound but I have a word discrimination problem. Sometimes I have to have someone spell a word yet, I'm becoming conversational in two languages, Italian and Hebrew because I don't live in the US. I was thinking about a situation I was in back in 2020 in Germany and suddenly the proper German I could have used, but didn't think of came to mind. I surprised myself remembering that much German from when I lived there 52 years ago.

[@betel75]

Ma perché mai bisognerebbe parlare in ascensore? Si saluta e basta.

[@fionafei6308]

Di solito, non parlo niente nell'ascensore.

[@eldesconocido5734]

Why are italian men so fine?

[@squakrock]

Good diet, lots of sun, and the Mediterranean

[@c.n.9579]

what do you mean by fine? they look normal to me

[@sintes88]

@@squakrock lots of sun actually makes you look worse

[@Kianglekable]

Europeans and Americans young and old still find time to talk during awkward silences Most Chinese and Koreans will find it strange these days and glue their eyes to their phones

[@grobanite4ever85]

I have autism so these types of situations I have trouble because of my anxiety! I become socially awkward and may say something inappropriate so I avoid starting conversations in these situations! I just say hi how are you that's it unless another person starts the conversation

[@jaskatpon1]

😀 this is true. Asians are more glued to their phones.

[@viaperlas5395]

Love the format! Complimenti:) vi prego caricate più video:)

[@stanbalo]

Asians in general are not into small talks. We do not talk to strangers unless we need to. It is not a practice to say hi how are you? to strangers. We only do that to friends. In fact you can make the other person feel uneasy if you talk to them randomly.

[@nancyfairweather3122]

dov'e i mani? are these people even Italian? ha ha. Good questions.

[@achrafmerabet7522]

Unfortunately , I can't catch you guys u speak too fast

[@bea8140]

This is not for beginners sorry...

[@andreacatalfamo113]

Si potrebbe anche ruttare

[@gladysblue1291]

@sparezone aiutami a spiare la password di mio marito con successo Grazie genio😍

[@gladysblue1291]

@sparezone aiutami a spiare la password di mio marito con successo Grazie genio😍😇

[@gladysblue1291]

@sparezone aiutami a spiare la password di mio marito con successo Grazie genio😍😇